Essendon legend Tim Watson thinks he could be the best midfielder ever and it looks like punters are on-board the Jaeger O’Meara bandwagon as well, with the Gold Coast gun now the $1.25 favourite to win the Rising Star award with online bookmaker sportsbet.
O’Meara has easily been the best backed to win the award, with early favourite Ollie Wines also receiving some support at $11.
Sydney’s Tom Mitchell is the second favourite at $7.00 with Richmond’s Nick Vlastuin ($17) and Essendon’s Joe Daniher ($21) amongst the top hopes.
“O’Meara has certainly lived up to the hype and although Ollie Wines had a monster game over the weekend, punters seem convinced that Jaeger has the runs on the board and will be too hard to beat,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.
Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Rising Star winner
$1.25 Jaeger O’Meara
$7.00 Tom Mitchell
$11 Ollie Wines
$17 Nick Vlastuin
$21 Joe Daniher
$34 Bradley Hill
$41 Jack Macrae
$41 Brad Crouch
$51 Jake Stringer
$51 Lachie Whitfield
$51 Aaron Mullett
$51 Sam Mayes